His novels demand stamina, his poems flicker like lightning, and his South is a place of ghosts and contradictions.
Born in Shiraz between 1310 and 1325, Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad Hafeẓ Shirazi, known by his pen name Hafez, is best known for his collection of poetry known as “Divan,” which is still read and ...
Discover why Chef Akane Eno, head of Ichigo Ichie, prefers the rich vocabulary of Japanese poetry and how it inspires her ...
In James Merrill’s Collected Poems, all the “Previously Uncollected Poems” appear bunched together at the end, thus depriving ...
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Century-old wreaths made from human hair fill the walls of Leila’s Hair Museum, and glass cases ...
With the world in disarray and the future uncertain, the controlled chaos of rave music and poetry might help tune out that external noise — at least for one night. A “Poetry Rave” will take place at ...
Wine is many things. It is a product of nature. It is a scientific construct. It is poetry in a glass. And the wine you and I ...
Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi’s new collection, Dreams for Earth, spans over five years weaving together motherhood, climate grief ...
To very different ends, Alice Diop’s short film “Fragments for Venus” and Bingham Bryant “Doomed and Famous” both observe ...
Conversely, Priest believes art and storytelling can be a form of personal release — a subject she explores in an essay entitled “The Secret Medicine.” At a recent speaking event, someone inquired how ...
The sukkah is a poem of leaves and sky. It is a dwelling that refuses to be a wall, a home that insists on its own impermanence. When the Torah bids us “dwell” it asks for a posture of belonging that ...
Shefali Shah has always had a way with emotions whether she’s performing on screen or penning down her thoughts in words.